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Local Implementation Of National Policy

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This article is an examination of failures in implementing intergovernmental programs. The programs were failures in the sense that actions to implement programs were delayed far beyond the expected dates of completion. Two such failures in cities implementing two different programs (wastewater management and Section 8 housing programs) are contrasted with one instance of success (in Section 8 housing). If a Sharkansky's discussion of political and policy routines is found to be a useful explanation of the different results. When local government routines must be broken to comply with the goals and objectives of federal programs, local actors will do all they can to resist the federal program. This finding demonstrates the importance of varying local political environments in explaining varying patterns of implementation of federal programs.

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  • Keith J. Mueller, 1984. "Local Implementation Of National Policy," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 4(1), pages 86-98, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:4:y:1984:i:1:p:86-98
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00163.x
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